class 3 - self identity, attribution and bias Flashcards
difference bn ascribed and achieved
ascribed = don't have a say (ex. race, sex) achieved = you earn (ex. doctor, determined, ambitious)
dramaturgical perspective stems from what theory
symbolic interactionism
describe the 2 aspects of the dramaturgical perspective
front stage - when people are in a social setting, surrounded by a lot of people i.e. like putting on a front
back stage - private side of ourselves i.e. you’ve come off stage and can stop acting
includes all your beliefs about who you are as an individual
self-concept
clinical tool used to gauge patients most salient social identities and provide culturally sensitive treatment based on identities is the ____ framework (what does each letter stand for)
ADDRESSING framework age disabilities (developmental) disabilities (acquired) religion ethnicity/race sex orientation SES indigenous background national origin gender
self-schemas (a general term)
beliefs and ideas you have about yourself, they guide and organize the processing of info that’s relevant to you
self-efficacy
think effectiveness
it’s how good you think you are at doing somethig
high self effic = you believe youre good at something
low self effic = you believe youre bad
- this varies task to task
whether you think you have control over what happens to you
locus of control
internal vs external locus of control
internal = u believe you have control over events external = u believe you don t have that control (ex. higher power, other people, luck of the draw, the system)
when does learned helplessness tend to occur
when individuals have low self-efficacy AND external locus of control (NEED TO HAVE BOTH)
no matter what you do you cangt change your situation
learned helplessness
aversive control happens when
behavior is motivated by the reality or threat of something unpleasant happening
escape vs avoidance behavior
escape = doing something to get away from un unpredicted, unpleasant stimulus avoidance = doing something to avoid experiences a predicted, unpleasant stimulus
BELIEF ABOUT ONES SELF WORTH
SELF ESTEEM
social learning theory
learning takes place in social contexts and can occur purely though observation i.e. learn from our environment
social comparison theory
we all have a drive to gain accurate self-evaluations by comparing ourselves to outhers
involves understanding the cognitive and affective aspects of another persons POV
role taking
if a friend invites you to a party but you have an interview tomorrow
this is an example of
role conflict
moral identity
degree to which being a moral person is important to a persons identity
social facilitation
our performance BOTH tends to improve for simple, well-ingrained tasks but worsens with novel, new tasks
deindividuation
when theres a high degree of arousal and low degree of personal responsibility we may lose our sense of restaint and our individual identity, thereby aligning our behavior with the group
bystander effect
ppl are less likely to help a victim when other people are pressent
feeling that the responsibility to intervene in a crisis is inversely related to the number of ppl present
i.e. more people = less responsible
diffusion of responsibility
when people work in a group, each person is likely to exert less individual effort than if they were working alone
social loading
groupthink
occurs within a group of people when the desire for harmony or conformity to minimze conflict and reach consensus decision without critically evaluating alternative view points
when being in a group intensifies the preexisting views of the group members –> the avg view is accentuated I.e. moves to one pole
group polarization
attribution theory involves both dispositional and situational attribution. describe themm
disposition = internal causes ex. personality situational = external causes ex. suns in your eye
attribute success to ourselves but failure to others
self-serving bias
